Cow Close Colliery

Research Notes

• Strathmore Estate (Estate and Family Records)
• Ref: D/St/B1/1/4 — Details of borings at Cow Close, 21 November 1740 - 21 May 1741
• Ref: D/St/B1/2/146 — Miscellaneous accounts and related papers of Kay Coats for Cow Close colliery, 1742 - 1749
• Ref: D/St/B1/2/147 — Abstract of weekly receipts and payments at Cow Close colliery, 1742 - 1749
• Ref: D/St/B1/2/148 — Account of Kay Coats with George Bowes for Cow Close colliery (receipts and expenditure), 3 January 1742/3 - 31 December 1743
• Ref: D/St/B1/2/149 — Account of Kay Coats with George Bowes for Cow Close colliery (receipts and expenditure), 2 January 1743/4 - 29 December 1744
• Ref: D/St/B1/2/150 — Account of Kay Coats with George Bowes for Cow Close colliery (receipts and expenditure), 30 December 1745 - 27 December 1746
• Ref: D/St/B1/2/151 — Account of Kay Coats with George Bowes for Cow Close colliery (receipts and expenditure), 29 December 1746 - 26 December 1747
• Ref: D/St/B1/2/152 — Account of Kay Coats with George Bowes for Cow Close colliery (receipts and expenditure), 28 December 1747 - 31 December 1748
• Ref: D/St/B1/2/153 — Account of Kay Coats with George Bowes for Cow Close colliery (receipts and expenditure), 2 January 1748/9 - 4 November 1749
• Ref: D/St/B1/3/65 — Advertisement for letting of Cow Close colliery, parish of Cockfield, 15 November 1806
• Ref: D/St/B1/3/66 — 11 March 1814 - (1) John Cowley on behalf of Lord Darlington and Edward Steel on behalf of the Earl of Strathmore. (2) Jeremiah Sharp of Woodlands. Lease for 9 years of Cow Close colliery at an annual rent of £130
• Ref: D/St/B1/3/67 — Edward Steel's account of the scores of coal worked by John Sharp in Cow Close colliery, 25 September 1814
• Ref: D/St/B1/3/190 — Account of George Dixon and Co. with the Earl of Strathmore and the Hon. Thomas Bowes for rent of land at Cockfield, and for coal, with references to Norwood and Cow Close collieries, 1814 - 1818